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Peer reviewedvan Meerienboer, Jeroen J. G. – Journal of Research on Computing in Education, 1988
Discussion of computer programing and students' cognitive styles focuses on a study that explored the relationship between the cognitive styles and achievements of high school students in an introductory computer programing course. Reflective and impulsive cognitive styles are described, and implications for the design of instructional materials…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Style, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Science Education
Peer reviewedCavaiani, Thomas P. – Journal of Research on Computing in Education, 1989
Discussion of the relationship of personality variables to programing ability highlights a study of undergraduates that investigated the influence of cognitive style on the programing skill of debugging. Use of the Group Embedded Figures Test (GEFT) is described, scoring schemes for diagnostic tasks are explained, and suggestions for further…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Cognitive Style, Computer Science Education, Correlation
Download full textPapert, Seymour; And Others – 1979
During the school year 1977/78 four computers equipped with LOGO and Turtle Graphics were installed in an elementary school in Brookline, Massachusetts. All sixth grade students in the school had between 20 and 40 hours of hands-on experience with the computers, and the work of 16 students ranging from intellectually gifted and average to learning…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Computer Graphics, Computer Programs, Computer Science Education
Watt, Daniel – 1979
During the school year 1977/78 four computers equipped with LOGO and Turtle Graphics were installed in an elementary school in Brookline, Massachusetts. All sixth grade students in the school had between 20 and 40 hours of hands-on experience with the computers, and the work of 16 students ranging from intellectually gifted and average to learning…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Computer Graphics, Computer Programs, Computer Science Education
Denenberg, Stewart A. – Journal of Computer Science Education, 1993
Proposes using computer programing teaching problem solving. Describes the problem-solving technique of Top-Down Design, discusses its application to LOGO, and provides examples of programs using LOGO. (MDH)
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Science Education
